8,000 programs with a distribution level of over 150,000 awards for undergraduate and postgraduate students worth a total of more than $35 million is what EdFed's comprehensive scholarship database contains. It also includes student loan forgiveness programs for those who have graduated from college and need alternatives for repayment.

Must be a U.S. citizen. Must be a domestic student in the U.S. This award is for college sophomores, juniors and/or seniors. Applicants must have completed a minimum of 300 hours at a state-approved cosmetic art training facility before funds are approved or disbursed to the facility. Must pursue a career in cosmetology. Cosmetology students must be currently enrolled in or have been accepted by a State Approved Cosmetic Art Training facility prior to applying for the scholarship. Must be a high school graduate (or GED equivalent). Must have a passing grade percentage of 85 percent or higher, and 85 percent attendance must have been maintained during the initial 300 hours of cosmetology school.

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Education is one of the most basic right of any human, but with the increase in prices and the costs involved in education this has made these rights turn into a privilege which very few can enjoy. Any normal person today in the whole of United States has to take an education loan at one point of time to pay for their education fees.